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Real Time Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging System

Overview
Journal J Digit Imaging
Publisher Springer
Specialties Medical Informatics
Radiology
Date 1990 Nov 1
PMID 2085564
Citations 22
Authors
O T von Ramm
S W Smith
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Abstract

A real time volumetric ultrasound imaging system has been developed for medical diagnosis. The scanner produces images analogous to an optical camera and supplies more information than conventional sonograms. Potential medical applications include improved anatomic visualization, tumor localization, and better assessment of cardiac function. The system uses pulse-echo phased array principles to steer a two-dimensional array transducer of 289 elements in a pyramidal scan format. Parallel processing in the receive mode produces 4992 scan lines at a rate of approximately 8 frames/second. Echo data for the scanned volume is presented as projection images with depth perspective, stereoscopic pairs, multiple tomographic images, or C-mode scans.

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